HiSilicon Kirin 930 vs Intel Core i3-3120M

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HiSilicon Kirin 930 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i3-3120M
HiSilicon Kirin 930 Intel Core i3-3120M

CPU comparison

HiSilicon Kirin 930 or Intel Core i3-3120M - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The HiSilicon Kirin 930 was released in Q1/2015.

The Intel Core i3-3120M has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i3-3120M was released in Q3/2012.
HiSilicon Kirin (29) Family Intel Core i3 (205)
HiSilicon Kirin 930 (2) CPU group Intel Core i 3000M (29)
3 Generation 3
Cortex-A53 / Cortex-A53 Architecture Ivy Bridge H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is 2.00 GHz while the Intel Core i3-3120M has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i3-3120M is at 2.50 GHz.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3120M
8 Cores 2
8 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
A-Core 2.50 GHz
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A53
B-Core --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3120M
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 or Intel Core i3-3120M has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.65 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) 1.10 GHz
Midgard 2 GPU Generation 7
32nm Technology 22 nm
1 Max. displays 3
4 Compute units 16
64 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
11 DirectX Version 11.0

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-T628 MP4 GPU Intel HD Graphics 4000
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode

Memory & PCIe

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 can use up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Intel Core i3-3120M supports up to 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3120M
LPDDR3-1600 Memory DDR3-1600
Max. Memory 32 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 3.00 MB
-- PCIe version 2.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the HiSilicon Kirin 930 is --, while the Intel Core i3-3120M has a TDP of 35 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3120M
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The HiSilicon Kirin 930 is manufactured in 28 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i3-3120M is manufactured in 22 nm and has a 3.00 MB cache.

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Characteristic Intel Core i3-3120M
28 nm Technology 22 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
-- Socket PGA 988
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT
No AES-NI Yes
Android Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2015 Release date Q3/2012
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
ARM Mali-T628 MP4 @ 0.60 GHz
77 (27%)
Intel Core i3-3120M Intel Core i3-3120M
Intel HD Graphics 4000 @ 1.10 GHz
282 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-3120M Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
508 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-3120M Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1136 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-3120M Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
439 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-3120M Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
927 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-3120M Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1682 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
HiSilicon Kirin 930 HiSilicon Kirin 930
8C 8T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i3-3120M Intel Core i3-3120M
2C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
613 (100%)

Devices using this processor

HiSilicon Kirin 930 Intel Core i3-3120M
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